I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.

As My Heart Prompts Me--April 21, 2018



God, you lead me in right paths;
for your name's sake you lead me,
but you do not force me to follow.
You invite me to make an offering,
but only if my heart so prompts me.
My heart is what matters to you--
fill it with thanks for your love;
fill it with the peace of Christ.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 92; 149; 23; 114
Exod. 25:1-22
Col. 3:1-17
Matt. 4:18-25

Selected Verses
Ps. 23:3b
[The LORD] leads me in right paths
          for his name’s sake. 

Exod. 25:1-2
The LORD said to Moses: Tell the Israelites to take for me an offering; from all whose hearts prompt them to give you shall receive the offering for me.

Col. 3:15
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.

Matt. 4:19
And [Jesus] said to [Simon Peter and Andrew], "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people." 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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